Using Appreciative Inquiry to Bring Out the Best of Your Interdisciplinary Team

Nearly every significant accomplishment between hospice and patients comes from the cooperation, positive energy and learning that result from a real team effort. Without careful attention, however, teams can sometimes drift into a pattern of wasteful meetings, conflicts, hidden agendas, poor listening and mutual distrust. This session will introduce a positive, collaborative and innovative process called “Appreciative Inquiry” (AI), which provides a way for teams to engage in conversations that result in high performance teamwork. Using the AI model, specific strategies and resources will be provided to help you build a dynamic interdisciplinary team that reflects enhanced communication, clarity of roles and responsibilities, energy and spirit, productivity and relationships.